"change hands" meaning in English

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "changes hands",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "changing hands",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "changed hands",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "changed hands",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*"
      },
      "expansion": "change hands (third-person singular simple present changes hands, present participle changing hands, simple past and past participle changed hands)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations",
          "parents": [
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          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The food got a lot worse after the restaurant changed hands.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2012, Andrew Martin, Underground Overground: A passenger's history of the Tube, Profile Books, page 210",
          "text": "The line has since changed hands several times, and is now to re-open as a preserved railway (a railway for leisure only), running vintage diesels and electrics, but with the aim of restoring steam.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To become the property of someone else; to be bought or sold."
      ],
      "id": "en-change_hands-en-verb-eK1Ps75N",
      "links": [
        [
          "property",
          "property"
        ],
        [
          "bought",
          "bought"
        ],
        [
          "sold",
          "sold"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) To become the property of someone else; to be bought or sold."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "change hand"
        }
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "trade hands"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "yìshǒu",
          "sense": "to become the property of someone else.",
          "word": "易手"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "note": "of merchandise",
          "roman": "dǎoshǒu",
          "sense": "to become the property of someone else.",
          "word": "倒手"
        },
        {
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "to become the property of someone else.",
          "word": "změnit majitele"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to become the property of someone else.",
          "word": "vaihtaa omistajaa"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to become the property of someone else.",
          "word": "changer de main"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to become the property of someone else.",
          "word": "gazdát cserél"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to become the property of someone else.",
          "word": "cambiare di mano"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to become the property of someone else.",
          "word": "cambiare proprietario"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to become the property of someone else.",
          "word": "cambiare esercente"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to become the property of someone else.",
          "word": "cambiar de manos"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "change hands"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "changes hands",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "changing hands",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "changed hands",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "changed hands",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "1": "*"
      },
      "expansion": "change hands (third-person singular simple present changes hands, present participle changing hands, simple past and past participle changed hands)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "change hand"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English idioms",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English terms with audio links",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English verbs",
        "Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The food got a lot worse after the restaurant changed hands.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2012, Andrew Martin, Underground Overground: A passenger's history of the Tube, Profile Books, page 210",
          "text": "The line has since changed hands several times, and is now to re-open as a preserved railway (a railway for leisure only), running vintage diesels and electrics, but with the aim of restoring steam.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To become the property of someone else; to be bought or sold."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "property",
          "property"
        ],
        [
          "bought",
          "bought"
        ],
        [
          "sold",
          "sold"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) To become the property of someone else; to be bought or sold."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "trade hands"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
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      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yìshǒu",
      "sense": "to become the property of someone else.",
      "word": "易手"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "note": "of merchandise",
      "roman": "dǎoshǒu",
      "sense": "to become the property of someone else.",
      "word": "倒手"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to become the property of someone else.",
      "word": "změnit majitele"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to become the property of someone else.",
      "word": "vaihtaa omistajaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to become the property of someone else.",
      "word": "changer de main"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to become the property of someone else.",
      "word": "gazdát cserél"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to become the property of someone else.",
      "word": "cambiare di mano"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to become the property of someone else.",
      "word": "cambiare proprietario"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to become the property of someone else.",
      "word": "cambiare esercente"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to become the property of someone else.",
      "word": "cambiar de manos"
    }
  ],
  "word": "change hands"
}